Shirt and collar.



N0. '7|3,973. Patented Nov. [8, I902.

W. B. EICHHOLTZ.

SHIRT AND COLLAR.

(Apphcahon flied Jan. 13, 1900 p (llo Model.)

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

WILLIAM B. EICHHOLTZ, OF PROSPERITY, MISSOURI, ASSIGNOR OF NINE- TWENTIETHS TO F. O. HURST AND F. L. HARRINGTON, OF JOPLIN,

MISSOURI.

SHIRT AND COLLAR.

:PECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 713,973, dated November 18, 1902. Application filed January 13, 1900. Serial No. 1,338. (No model.)

To all whmn it may concern:

Be it known that 1, WILLIAM B. EIOHHOLTZ, a citizen of the United States, residing at Prosperity, in the county of Jasper and State of Missouri, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Shirts and Collars, of which the following is a specification.

My invention is an improvement on those shirt-neckbands with which collars are connected in such a manner as to dispense with the use of collar buttons or studs.

The construction of the improvement will be fully describedhereinafter and definitely claimed in connection with the accompanying drawings, which form a part of this specification, and in which- Figure 1 is a rear view of a two-ply shirtneckband embodying the invention. Fig. 2 is a perspective view of a collar used with the invention, the ends thereof being broken away. Fig. 3 is a vertical section showing the collar secured to the shirtneckband. Fig. 4 is a central vertical section of the shirtneckband at the logitudinal recess.

The numeral 1 designates the neckband of a shirt, having an outer ply 3 and an inner ply 2. Centrally on the lower edge of the outer ply 3 and in front of the ply 2 I form a recess or cut-away portion 4, made of a sufficient length and height, and provide the 0pposite sides of the same with inclined edges 5 for a purpose to be presently explained. Between the inner and outer plies 2 and 3 and above the recess I construct a pocket '7, in

which is adapted to be inclosed and held therein a flap 6'.

The numeral 5 designates a collar having a flap 6 formed centrally on lower edge of the same and extending vertically upwardly within the inner surrounding surface of the collar. The opposite side edges of the flap are inclined, as at 6, having their terminal upper corners curved, as shown, whereby to permit of the same to coact with the inclined edges of the recess, so as to readily inclose the flap within the pocket 7.

Having thus described my invention, the following is what I claim as new therein and desire to secure by Letters Patent:

The combination with the inner and outer plies of the neckband of a shirt, the outer ply having on its lower edge a recess or cut-away portion provided with opposite inclined side edges'arranged in front of the inner ply and a pocket between the inner and outer ply above the recess, of a collar having a flap formed centrally on the lower edge thereof and extending vertically above the inner surrounding surface of the same and provided with opposite inclined side edges having terminal curved upper corners so as to coact with the inclined side edges of the recess whereby to inclose the said flap within said pocket substantially as specified.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

WILLIAM B. EIOHHOLTZ.

Witnesses:

FREDERICK L. HARRINGTON, F. C. Huns'r. 

